Geoff Hoon is officially a fuckwit. Although I doubt this ever needed any confirmation.

Labour will lose the next general election. This was 90% certain on Tuesday, today it’s 100%.

What makes this whole thing so annoying is that recently Labour had at least been making a decent fist of it. As the election approaches, the Tories’ policies were, naturally enough, being placed under the spotlight. Under The Dark Lord‘s guidance, Labour had a simple plan: Let’s make the policy differences between ourselves and the Tories clear. As we come out of the recession let’s give voters a choice: Either vote for a divisive policy of Thatcherite cuts, or vote for a programme of investment and social care.

One can at least see the logic in this, even if you totally disagree. Like I say, Labour’s chances of victory were at best 10%, but at least there was some hope of riding on the anti–banker why should low–paid workers pay for the city’s mistakes ticket. Hell, Gordon even began landing a few on Cameron during PMQs.

But then a couple of the normal malcontents (somehow Britain’s most bitter man failed to get in on the act) decided to try and unseat Brown. And then The Weasel failed (yet again) to give the PM his backing. Jack Straw—surely a man who understands the value of maintaining a united front—similarly put the knife in half way. The plot—stupid in the extreme anyway—failed. What could be more pathetic.

This during a week  when David Cameron has had to backtrack over his spending plans and could state—with a completely straight face—that class really doesn’t matter in today’s Britain. (Remember that statement in May when the PM, the Chancellor and the Mayor of London are all old Etonians).

Instead, Cameron had probably the easiest interview of his life and, more depressingly, I had to agree with him that the government is so weak that they should call an election now.